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It seems that every year we get hit with opportunistic thieves and vandals entering our homes around the holidays when we are at work or Christmas Shopping or whatever.  We are all vulnerable.   But this year, we have something else to take into consideration, especially as real estate profession...

Short Sales for the Real Estate Agent: Jeannie Wenger, VP Commercial Escrow Division will conduct this class defining the short sale and it's process for the real estate professional. Jeannie will show you why you should consider a short sale when taking the listing, what Lenders consider, unders...

The NAR and Certified Residential Specialist, CRS meetings just over in Las Vegas were some of the best meetings ever!  Bill Cosby delighted the crowd and left them rolling in the isles over his discussion of marriage.  James Taylor was terrific and the Vendor Exposition was huge with many new p...

It's been almost 10 years since Sukamoto Sia, the high-rolling former Honolulu bank owner and real estate dealer, filed a $300 million personal bankruptcy case and it still hasn't been resolved.  Sia's case is not the oldest bankruptcy pending in Hawai'i. A computer search of court dockets showed...

Interest rates on home loans continue to inch down.  According to the Honolulu Board of Realtors, HBR, the First Hawaiian Bank offered 5.75 on thirty year fixed rate mortgages.  To get the full story, you might want to click on the following link:  .bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2007/11/19/dail...

RE/MAX Kai Lani is proud to announce that Dave Liniger, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of RE/MAX International and Margaret Kelly, the CEO of RE/MAX will be in town Tuesday, November 20, 2007 and will be doing a presentation on Agent Profitability in Any Market from 9:00AM to 12:00Noon at t...

We've got a great new program here at RE/MAX Kai Lani.  We've opened up Hawaii's first RE/MAX University Training Center right here in the Aikahi Shopping Center.  Training Center classes include Tech Tuesdays, Brian Buffini's 100 Days to Greatness, Team Building classes, Home Building seminars, ...

Having noticed that Ron Paul is picking up steam on the Republican Primary, I showed interest and received this note.  "We are asking all libertarians to sign up as a republican for the primary. We would even like the Libertarian party not to nominate their candidate until after the primary. That...

While home prices continue generally solid in most of Hawaii, we will experience a slight reduction in the number of tourists visiting the Islands in 2007.  The drop will be less than 1% and things will firm in 2008.  Thus, we have concluded that our housing market will hold pretty firm for the n...

In these days when Mitt Romney is running for President and we are up to our eyes in a war in Iraq and Afganistan and are rattling sabers at Iran and Pakistan (All Muslim Countries) is threatening to implode into civil violence,  it is interesting that Americans harbor strong feelings about both ...